Duplicate-sales-book holder.



G. A. ROSE.

DUPLIGATE SALES BOOK HOLDER.

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UNITED S'IATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. HOSE, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSl'NOR 0F ONE-THIRD TO EDWARD J. ELANDER AND ONE-THIRD TO ADOLPI'I J. KLOFANDA, JR., BOTH OF MINNEAPOLIS, MIN- NESOTA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented,Ma2rch 16, 1 909.

Application flied May 21, 1908. Serial No. l}3'J=,141.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CHM-ann; A. losn, of Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful linprovements in Dn lieate-Sales-Book Holders, of which the fo lowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a holder in which a duplicate sales book can be easily and quickly inserted and as readily removed when the leaves are filled.

A further object is to provide a holder having means for securing a pad ot' carbon sheets and permitting the removal of the book from the holder without disturbing the sheets, thereby permitting the use of a pad of carbon sheets wlth a series of books, and el'l'ecting a considerable saving in carbon sheets.

A further object is to provide a holder of simple economical construction and one which will be very durable, and form an eli'ective protection for the book and carbon pad,

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as here inafter described and particularly pointed ont in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a per spective view of a duplicate sales hook holder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side viewof thesame. Fig. 3 is an edge view ofthe form of duplicate sales book which we prefer to use in this holder. Fig. 4 is an edge view of the carbon pad. Fica 5 is a side view of the holder with the book and carbon pad romoved.

In the drawing, 2 represents a metal plate having at one end an npwardlv turned part 3 terminating in an inward y projecting 'liange or lip 4 which overhangs the plate 2. Between this fl ange and the plate the hook of duplicate leaves 5 is inserted, the leaves being bound together at one end in the usual way through a top cover (S and a narrow compara tively thick straw board plate 7 on the bot tom, the cover 6 boing carried around thcend of the bound leaves and inserted between them and the plate 7, as shown in Fig. Il. 'lhe flange 4 will h ave sufficient spring to allow the bound end of the book to be inserted between it and the plate, and will grip the book with suliicient pressure to hold it in place. The other ond of the plato Z has an upwardly turned part 8 with a part t) for1ning a continuationvof the part 8 and extend ing toward the middle of the plate 2 in a plane parallel therewith, and a downwardly turned part 10 which terminates in a flange 1l that is bent outwardly toward the flange 8 at a point near the plate 2 and parallel substantially therewith. Into the siace between this v[lange 11 and the plate 2 insert a carbon pad consisting of a back plate 12 and a series of carbon sheets 13 secured thereto at one end. The flange l1 has a broad bearing surface on the carbon pad and yields suiciently to allow the pad to be inserted between it and the plate 2, and the end of the back plate 12 when the pad is inserted into the holder contacts with the inner edge of the plato T and )revente the accidental disengagement of tlie sales book from its clamp.

lt is customary in devices of this kind to bind the carbone into the book or holder and when this is donc and the book used up the carbons, whether used or not, are thrown away. W ith my invention the carbon pad is independent of thc sales book and the hook may be removed and another substituted therefor without removing the pad wl'iich may be used continuously until all the carbon sheets are worn ont. The holder is all in one piece, is of very simple construction and can be economically and expeditiously made.

l claim as my invention t l. A sales-book holder comprising a plato having its ends bent upwardly and turned inwardly toward the middle portion of the plate to form clamps, in combination with a salesbook having its bound end inserted into one clamp and a carbon pad inserted into the clamp at the other end of said holder, said book and pad having back plates adapted when placed in the holder, to abut against one another and bold the book and pad against accidental displacement.

2. n salesJbook holder conunising a nicA tallic plate having its ends bont upwardly and turned inwardly toward the middle portion of the plate to Forni spring clamps, one of said clamps being adapted to receive and hold. lhc bound end of sales book and the other clamp having a downwardly turned portion and an inwardly iin-ned flange having a broad bearing surface and spaced from said plate and in a 'ilanc substantially parallel therewith and etwcen which Y(lange and plate a carbon pad is adapted to be inserted and held, substantially as described.

il. A sales book holder comprising a inetaillic pleite havingr ith` ends bent n )wardly undA turned inwardlyY toward the inididle portion of the plate to forni Spring @linups in combination with :i miles book having its leaves hound together ot one end and vprovided 0n the buck :it said end with a. i'izirrow platte of connmiitively thick nniterizil, :ind n rmhon paid adapted to he inserted into the chimp at the other end of said holder and having :L buck plate, one end of which when i inserted into the holder envzwes the edwe of (3 3 the platte on the back of said book, where/b)T both book and paid are held against :web dental dlsplaeeinent.

4. A salesbook holder comprising a` plate having lts ends bent upwardly and turned 1ni l l l l l wai-illy toward the middle portion olI the plate find forming Spring clamps, one of said elmnps being ndztpted to receive sind hold the bound end oll :L Hzilesbook, :md the other clamp havingy ii 'flange formed thereon and provided with :t Ilot bearing surface parallel Hnbstmitinlly with the baul( of the holder and lietween which longe ond holder, th(` (':uhon pad is gripped and held.

ln Witness whereof, l liz-we hereunto set my hand this` 15th day of May, 1908.

(,lIIARLES A. ROSE. Witnesses.

RICHARD PAUL, J. A. Bi'lNGToN 

